Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political NewsAnalysis David Zini's workload has created a consensus among most of the party leaders now seeking to change the government. He is more suitable for commanding a militia of Itamar Ben Gvir, not the Shin Bet. He must goShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe06:05 AM • July 12 2026 IDTOn September 30, 2025, on the eve of the appointment of nationalist-ultra-Orthodox David Zini as head of the Shin Bet security service, Yair Golan, leader of the Democrats party, declared that if his bloc formed a new government, it would remove Zini from office. "The public service sector will have to be cleaned up," he said. Naftali Bennett, then the leading candidate to head "Change Bloc 2.0," quickly distanced himself from the statement. "A government headed by me will not remove Zini," he said.In the NewsZini Might Need a Crash Course in Civics After Meeting a Netanyahu MouthpieceFatal Jerusalem Stabbing Brings Israel's Homicide Toll to 180Israeli Settlers Attack Foreign Reporters in West Bank Palestinian VillageIsraelis Protest Against Netanyahu Government as Election Draws NearHow Trump's Antisemitism Envoy Tried to Remove Israeli Cyber Firm From BlacklistRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Original Tradwives of Ancient RomeThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding IsraelIsraeli Cop Filmed Throwing Stun Grenade Into Car, Trapping Palestinians InsideInside the German pro-Israel Lobby's Campaign to Defund UNRWA